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Strategic Health and Risk Communication

Contact Person
Dr. Jeong-Yeob Han
221 Journalism Building
706-542-5019
jeonghan@uga.edu

Dr. Christina Proctor
151 C. Wright Hall, Health Sciences Campus
706-583-8184
cproctor@uga.edu

Departments
Advertising and Public Relations
Health Promotion and Behavior

Description of the Program
This certificate is designed to prepare students to meet the evolving health needs of society at large and use health promotion and/or communication skills in an applied manner. The program of study culminates in a capstone course in which students create a public health communication campaign for a community client.

Required Courses (12 hours)
ADPR 5110
ADPR 5742/7742*
HPRB 1710
HPRB 5310 or HPBR 5310E

Elective Courses (6 hours)
Choose two courses from the following. Other courses may be used with the approval of the program director.
ADPR 3110
ADPR 3520 or ADPR 3520E
ADPR 5120
ADPR 5760/7760
ADPR 5992/7992
HPRB 3150
HPRB 3750
HPRB 5060 or HPRB 5060E
HPRB 5210 or HPRB 5210E

*ADPR 5742/7742 must be taken during the final semester of the certificate. Students should consult the certificate program director regarding prerequisites for this course.

Application Process:
Admission is open to students enrolled in Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication majors who meet the following criteria: completion of 30 hours, including a statistics course (any STAT course, BUSN 3000 or BIOS 2010) and one upper-division (3000-level or above) studies course offered by the Department of Advertising and Public Relations) or to students accepted into the Health Promotion (B.S.H.P.) major. Applicants must have an overall GPA of 3.2 or higher to apply.

Students applying to the certificate must submit a formal essay explaining their interest in strategic health and risk communication. Application cycles will occur each spring semester. Interested students should contact the program coordinators for more information.